1. Many processed foods and ready-made meals contain preservatives and chemicals. What are the advantages to this? DO you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? It is an irrefutable fact that chemicals such as flavour enhancers, preservatives, artificial colours and various stabilizers are added to convenient meals. Although there are certain advantages to this practice such as an increase in the life of a product and enhancement of taste, the main drawbacks are that it has harmful effects in the long run and these chemicals make a person addicted tothese foods . In my opinion, the disadvantages of these chemicals outweigh the advantages they offer. Admittedly, there are some basic benefits to using these chemicals in the food. The first one is that it helps to increase the shelf-life of a product. This is because the life of the food is short and this makes them easily perishable. To tackle this issue, the manufacturers add these chemicals. For ...